Philomena Lee will be among the speakers at a two-day international conference in UCC next month.

The interests of offenders’ children should be considered at sentencing, write Aisling Parkes and Fiona Donson.

Child protection cases in the district court often end up as a battle between the HSE and the family, according to new research.

Guidance counsellors said “it should be no surprise that the problem of cyberbullying is exploding” when vulnerable children cannot access counselling sessions in school due to government cutbacks.

Thousands of people who were adopted at birth are being denied access to basic information about their family medical history due to an absence of legislation, according to experts.

As part of obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the Education Department needs to urgently update its 20-year-old anti-bullying policy to include cyberbullying and teach children about their rights online, according to a child law expert.

The absence of special protection for the rights of children in the Constitution has been detrimental for many of the most vulnerable, writes Dr Aisling Parkes

Despite laws governing inter-country adoptions, questions still remain and need constant monitoring, write Dr Aisling Parkes and Dr Simone McCaughren